Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Northampton College
Booth Lane
NORTHAMPTON
NN3 3RF
UK
Contact person: Julian Wood
Telephone: +44 1604734380
E-mail: tenders@northamptoncollege.ac.uk
NUTS: UKF24
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.northamptoncollege.ac.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.northamptoncollege.ac.uk/about-us/governance-and-management
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://www.northamptoncollege.ac.uk/about-us/governance-and-management
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Northampton College - AEB Subcontracting
Reference number: NC-AEB-2022/23-01
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80400000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The College has a recent history of engagement with subcontractors to deliver Adult Education Budget (AEB) outcomes and wishes to continue to issue a flexible contract or contracts of a total funding value up to £750,000 (£600,000 earned value) from contract award to 31 July 2023, with suitable training providers to deliver qualifications and/or programmes eligible for funding under the College's AEB funding contract on its behalf, under the following general rules:
• All the provision must be delivered in the 2022/23 funding year; there is currently no scope to carry forward any funding to 2023/24. All the learning aims and learners must be eligible for Education Skills and Funding Agency (ESFA) Adult Education Budget (AEB) funding in 2022/23.
• Providers wishing to apply for this opportunity must have an active UKPRN and must have a track record of successful sub-contract delivery of qualifications.
• The training must be delivered in full by the contracted training provider, i.e. only one level of sub-contracting is permitted and no second level subcontracting is permitted.
• The Subcontractor, if awarded the contract, will be responsible for the recruitment of all learners, the delivery of training, the premises and resources required to deliver the training, awarding body accreditation and associated fees.
• The quality of provision will be paramount as the College will retain responsibility to ESFA and OFSTED for programme quality.
• The management fee retained by the College will not generally exceed 20% as set out in our subcontracting policy.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
750 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80400000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC
UKD
UKE
UKF
UKG
UKH
UKI
UKJ
UKK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The gross contract value is up to £750,000, over the period from contract award to 31 July 2023 of the College's non devolved Adult Education Budget. The earned income retained by tenderer(s) would be 80% of this value e.g. £600,000.
The only provision fund-able under this agreement will be those qualifications/programmes eligible for funding under the College funding contracts for Adult Education Budget compatible with the College's curriculum strategy.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
750 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/01/2023
End:
31/07/2023
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Providers wishing to apply for this opportunity must:
a) Have an active UKPRN.
b) Have a track record of successful delivery, as a Subcontractor, of the specific qualifications included in its delivery proposal.
c) Have the capacity to deliver at least 50% (i.e., £375,000) of the total contract value.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
13/01/2023
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
13/01/2023
Local time: 13:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Northampton College
Booth Lane
Northampton
NN3 3RF
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/12/2022